Literary Terms Review Aug. 2022

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exaggeration for effect

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hyperbole

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Type or category of a literary work

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genre

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repetition of beginning consonant sounds

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alliteration

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Use of a word that sounds like what it means (buzz, boom)

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onomatopoeia

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central character

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protagonist

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the use of identical or similar sounding words to create an alternate meaning

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pun

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Describing an inanimate object as if it were human

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personification

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a thing, person, or place that represents a larger meaning

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symbolism

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The suggestive meaning of a word; (NOT the dictionary definition)

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connotation

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The message of a story; the abstract idea one can take away from a story

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theme